{"product_id":"expelled-a-play","title":"Expelled A play","description":"\u003cp\u003eExpelled is a powerful and timely piece of theatre. Rosalind Butler tackles urgent issues\u003cbr\u003esuch as rape culture in all-boys schools, the enabling of harmful behaviour by families and\u003cbr\u003einstitutions, and the devastating consequences of placing status and success above the\u003cbr\u003ewellbeing of children. The play beautifully portrays the tensions between justice, loyalty,\u003cbr\u003ereputation and truth. Rooted in a distinctly South African reality, the play is both compelling\u003cbr\u003eand unsettling, raising important questions that demand reflection and conversation that\u003cbr\u003estays with you.\u003cbr\u003e— Aubrey Sekhabi, playwright, director and artistic director of the South African State\u003cbr\u003eTheatre\u003cbr\u003eExpelled does not off er easy answers. It challenges us to examine the values we uphold,\u003cbr\u003ethe institutions we glorify, and the ways in which we participate, knowingly or otherwise, in\u003cbr\u003eelitist cultures that harm as much as they entrench.\u003cbr\u003e— Greg Homann, Artistic Director of The Market Theatre\u003cbr\u003eA matric schoolboy’s viral scandal at an elite school ignites a digital wildfi re,\u003cbr\u003eshattering his powerful family in the ruthless world of social media.\u003cbr\u003eExpelled is an award-winning drama-comedy that unfolds over an explosive week in a\u003cbr\u003eprivileged South African family.\u003cbr\u003eLou and Rich have staked everything on their son Alex: he has a place at an elite\u003cbr\u003eboys’ school, is popular and on the fi rst rugby team. His status seems untouchable\u003cbr\u003euntil a reckless moment with the wrong friends is caught on camera and goes viral.\u003cbr\u003eOvernight, reputations shatter, secrets erupt and the family fractures.Teenage\u003cbr\u003eimpulsiveness spirals into betrayal, social media chaos and wrenching choices –\u003cbr\u003ewhere career, status and business deals outweigh parental loyalty.\u003cbr\u003eWith razor-sharp dialogue, punchy scenes, and innovative multimedia projections,\u003cbr\u003eExpelled delivers a fast, easy-to-stage takedown of toxic masculinity and entitlement in\u003cbr\u003eelite schools. It explores the terror of a viral moment and the desperate drive to protect\u003cbr\u003ethe perfect image.\u003cbr\u003eDarkly funny one minute, heartbreaking the next, it’s a story that every teenager,\u003cbr\u003eparent and teacher will recognise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45478766215344,"sku":"978-1-997461-25-8","price":200.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/9181\/8160\/files\/Expelledcover.jpg?v=1784883806","url":"https:\/\/www.mzansibooks.co.za\/products\/expelled-a-play","provider":"Mzansi Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}